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(NoModeL) W. H. BOLES 8a G. B. HALL. Combined Umbrella. and Cane.

No. 234,165. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

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Urvrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN H. BOLES AND GEORGE E. HALL, OF FORT PLAIN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED UMBRELLA AND CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,165, dated November 9, 1880.

Application filed April 7, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WARREN H. BOLES and GEORGE B. HALL, citizens of the United States, residing at Fort Plain, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Umbrellas and Canes; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of improvements in combined umbrellas and canes, specially designed for the use of travelers, whereby an umbrella is provided with a case, in which it may be wholly contained and concealed, and such case then used as a cane.

. The invention consists, first, in an umbrellacover provided with a central closed cap adapted to fit over and support such cover upon the end of the umbrella-stick, said cover having sockets of metal resembling and finished like the tips of the ribs of ordinary fixed-cover umbrellas, secured to the said cover at or near its seams, in line with and fitting over the ends of the ribs, whereby such cover may be readily removed and a new one substituted therefor by any person not specially instructed in the art of umbrella covering.

The invention consists, further, in a case for such umbrella, made to resemble a cane or walking-stick, and provided with means, in connection with the umbrella-stick and runnercatch, for holding such umbrella upon the case when removed from its interior and extended or opened for use, and securing it against rotation, wabbling, and accidental displacement.

The invention further consists in providing the umbrella with an extensible stick and a runner-catch to act in conjunction with the case for the purpose last mentioned.

In the drawings hereinbefore referred to, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the combined umbrella and cane when arranged for use as a cane. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same when unfolded and arranged for use as an umbrella. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lower end of the cane or case, showing the groove or notch to receive the runner-catch to hold the umbrella, when opened, in the cane or case. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of the runner-catch, and Fig. 5 shows. in two perspective views, the details of construction of the rib-socket tips.

The case a may be a tapering tube of sheet metal, gutta-percha, or other light material, in the form of and not larger than an ordinary cane or walking-stick, and provided with a ferrule, b, in which is a central opening, b, and having in its under inner face a groove or notch, c.

The head (10f the cane is solid and removable from the body, and has a socket, cl, centrally therein.

The umbrella-stick e is made tubular, and has an extensible portion, f, sliding therein, said extension having a knob, f, on its lower end adapted to fit in the socket d in the head of the case, as and for the purpose hereinafter explained.

The ribs g of the umbrella are secured to the stick in any ordinary manner, and their stretchers h are connected with a runner, i, as usual.

The runner is engaged to hold the umbrella open by a spring-catch, j, which is provided with a combined stop and operating or push piece, j.

The cover It is made separable from the ribs, and to this end itis provided with acentral cap, I, adapted to fit over the end or point e of the umbrella-stick, and be held thereupon solely by frictional contact, and, further, the points of the seams are provided with socketsm, adapted to fit over and receive the ends of the ribs, so as to be readily detachable therefrom when the cover is to be removed. These sockets are preferably of metal, formed with an eyepiece, m, by which they may be sewed or otherwise secured to the cover, and terminating in globular portions m resembling the tips of ordinary nmbrella-ribs, so as to present the usual appearance.

The cap 1 and the sockets m form the sole means of connection of the cover with the um- ICO brellaframe, and since the ribs would thus be left unconnected and unspaced, so that they would not remain properly extended, but be free to approach one another, and so collapse, we provide a tape or tapes, n, securely attached to each rib and extending through the whole series, whereby such ribs are properly spaced and remain in their proper positions.

When the umbrella is folded and rolled up i it may be placed within the ease and concealed therein and the case used as a cane.

When it is desired to use the umbrella the head (I of the cane is removed, the umbrella drawn from the case and hoisted or opened, the extensible portion of the stick drawn out its full length, and the said stick passed into the case through the opening I) in the ferrule until the projeetionj ot' the eatehj shall have passed thereinto, when the stick is turned un til said projection is sprung into the groove or notch c, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4-, whereby the umbrella will beheld against rotation and from being drawn accidentally or otherwise from the case.

The knobf ot' the extensible portion of the stick tits into the socket in the head of the cane and holds the stick in a vertical position and prevents its \rabbling or rattling against the case, besides adding tothe stability of the umbrella.

It will be noticed, as above explained, that the catch j serves as such for the runner to support It, and by its eilg'ag'elnent with the notched ferrule it prevents longitudinal and lateral displacement of the umbrella.

\Vhen the umbrella is opened and is secured in the case u for use as an umbrella, as in Fig.

2, the runner rests upon and is supported by i the ferrule.

When the umbrella is to be no longer used projection f clears the notched ferrule, and the stick is free to be withdrawn from the case.

The umbrella may be then folded and inserted t in its ease.

I t will be observed that by making the cover separable from the frame and providing it with the cap and tip-sockets a new covermay i be readily supplied at small cost and by unskilled persons.

The cap I of the cover being closely jointed I or seamed in the cover, and being a closed I cap, no water can run down between the cover 2 and stick.

' What we claim is 1. An nmbrella-cover provided with a central closed cap adapted to fit over the point of the stick, and with rib-sockets simulating the tips of ordinary ribs and adapted to fit; over the ends of the ribs, the Whole constituting a removable or separable umbrella-cover, substantially as described.

:3. In a combined umbrella and cane, the case provided with an internally notched or grooved perforated ferrule, substantially as and for the purpose described.

1 3. In a combined umbrella and cane, an umbrelhrstiek constructed with an extensible portion, in combination with a case and its i socketed handle, substantially as described.

4. in a combined umbrella and cane, a perforated, notched, or grooved ferrule, in combination with a runner-catch, substantially as described.

.1. In a combined umbrella and cane. thecombination of a case and its perforated notched ferrule and socketed head with an umbrella and its runner-catch and extensible stick, sub- 3 stantially as described.

{ In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

W. H. BOLES. GEORGE B. HALL.

\Yitnesscs:

F. F. WENDELL, E. S. VAN DEUsEN. 

